Book
The moment : wild, poignant, life-changing stories from 125 writers and artists famous & obscure
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
New York : Harper Perennial, c2012.
Physical Description
xvii, 344 p. ; 18 cm.
Contents
- Introduction / Larry Smith
- Flash / Caroline Paul
- Chalk face / AJ Jacobs
- Shot / Dean Karnazes
- The envelope / Mo Clancy
- Love in a time of illness / Diane Ackerman
- Subdued by stroke / Paul West
- Table time / Laurie David
- Tattoo / Summer Pierre
- The killer in me / Michael Paterniti
- To worry / Amy Sohn
- Near miss / Kirk Citro
- Mom's favorite movie of all time / Craig A. Williams
- A piece / Melissa Etheridge
- Unexpected pleasure / Jonathan Papernick
- Someday / Michael Forster Rothbart
- No consolation / Neal Pollack
- CheckPoints / Alaa Majeed & David Enders
- Make love, not war / Jeremy Toback
- Thank you, Lionel Richie / Matt Dojny
- Assembly / Vivian Chum
- The calling / Baratunde Thurston
- Missed call / Annie Leahy
- Wicked start / Gregory Maguire
- Momento mori / Adam Rensch
- The secret life of parents / Elizabeth Gilbert
- John Updike sent me a fan letter (once) / Steve Almond
- C-listed / Mary Elizabeth Williams
- 5RLG375 / Chris Sacca
- My blue sticky / Fiona Maazel
- Lives / Tao Lin
- Teachable moment / Bill Ayers
- Disappointment / Nevenka Kurjakovic
- Divine intervention / Dan Goggin
- Poem for the moment / Matthew Zapruder
- Mr. Criche / Dave Eggers
- Cornrows / Lori Sabian
- Dancing, in green, to Ravel / Ellen O'Connell
- Fluke / Danny Davis
- Persephone / Micah Toub
- Trash / Rigoberto González
- Gonzo girl / Cheryl Della Pietra
- Rimshot / Josh Axelrad
- TITLE TK / Piper Kerman
- Black like me / Haylee Harrel
- Kitchen confidential / Michael Castleman
- Horns / Shalom Auslander
- What would Roland do? / Benjamin Percy
- Fearless flyer / Ashley Van Buren
- Hobo beginnings / Dale Maharidge
- Why I adopted my son / Christoph Marshall
- Why I adopted my dad / Eddie Comacho
- Running / Mira Ptacin
- At first sight / L. Nichols
- Piazza San Marco / Julian Voloj
- First kiss / Scott Muska
- The Crüe / Sara Lovelace
- Uncaged / Alan Rabinowitz
- To the rescue / Ellen Sussman
- The shed / Colin Nissan
- Curtain call / Attila Kalamar
- Photo finish / Kimberly Rose
- True calm / Laura Cathcart Robbins
- Wally & Beaver / Jeff Church
- The sign / Caitlin Roper
- The thin envelope / Sascha Rothchild
- Liner notes / Elizabeth Jayne Liu
- If I don't die today, I will marry Kristin Moore / Aaron Huey
- Boot camp / Wes Moore
- Sunset Strip / Christine MacDonald
- Truth, lies, and audiotape / Dan Baum
- Stage Direction / Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
- February 12, 2009, 9:14 am / Daniel DiClerico
- Balls out / James Cañón
- Marooned / Kristen Cosby
- Swerved / Darin Strauss
- Meeting Allen Ginsberg / Steve Silberman
- Those old keys / Alan Cheuse
- Mission accomplished / Brian Evenson
- Tell me how this ends / Pat Callahan
- Keepsake / Jennifer Egan
- E-3: October 25, 1986 / Molly Lawless
- Landing / Paul Miller
- The verdict / Byron Case
- Nine lives / Peter Kuper
- My front line / Jessica Lutz
- Instructions / Julie Metz
- Two fays / Dawn McMullin
- 2.10.01 / Julia Halprin Jackson
- Like James Brown / Adrianne Frost
- Crying for their dog / Richard Ferguson
- The quest / Ramona Pringle
- Early dismissal / Robin Wasserman
- Burning up / Qraig R. de Groot
- Maiden days / Judy Collins
- Just a man / Nadja Cada
- Motherless / Tamara Pokrupa-Nahanni
- The ripple effect / Anthony Doerr
- Positively 93rd Street / Matthew Leader
- Smack talk / Melissa Febos
- Firecracker / Arthur Suydam
- The silver harmonica / Andrew D. Scrimgeour
- Denial / Kathy Ritchie
- Mercy / Steve Anthony Leasure
- The hidden dangers of blood magic / Robert Joseph Levy
- Blogging towards oblivion / Emily Steinberg
- Sleeping bag / Hope Rehak
- Trusting eyes / Jami Kempen
- Ingress/egress / Jessica Anya Blau
- Punchlines & knockouts / Patrick Sauer
- Head case / Noah Scalin
- In pursuit of optimism / Tony Schwartz
- Far side / Katie Killacky
- Grandma's dildo / Sara Barron
- Oprah calling / Ray Richmond
- Vietnam, revisited / Karol Nielsen
- Conversation with my dad / Ashley Allen
- Season's greetings / Ellen Jantzen
- Revisionist history / Catherine Murdock
- Forgiven / Jennifer Thompson
- Second chance / Jerry Ma
- Moving on / Mary Valle
- Birth / John B. Carnett
- The moth and the window / Stephen Tobolowsky
- Tomorrowland / Rebecca Woolf.